Richmond Social and civic notes highlight meetings
A sequence of local gatherings includes an informal reception for Rev. and Mrs. Starr at the United Baptist Church with a program by Marion Dickey, and a floral display arranged by Mrs. Paul Roberts. The Richmond Ladies’ Aid Bureau met with four new members, while Emerson Lane post and the Legion Auxiliary held a joint meeting. A public baked bean supper was served by the Firemen’s Auxiliary. Funeral services were held for Williston E. Small. The column also lists personal items on residents’ travels, education, and family news, including moves, school enrollments, and professional events across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse J. Starr
United Aptist Church
Rachel Varney
Raymond Kelley
Evelyn Cromwell
Senior Baptist Fellowship For Christ
Paul Roberts
Marion Dickey
Stanley Griffin
Richmond
Emerson Lane Post
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Firemen's Auxiliary
Firemen's Hall
Everett Douglass
Harold Harford
Charles Leon
Roy Dickinson
Clyde McFee
Wesley Webber
Norris—Sidelinger
Raymond Curtis
Williston E. Small
Alfred Small
Water Street
The
Baptist Church
Dominic Paiement
Joseph Bernier
Maynard Hills
Frederick Spadden
Richmond Cemetery
Bath Chamber Completes Live-Work-Play Booklet
Bath Chamber of Commerce credits the project for promoting Bath as a live-work-play spot with details on recreation at Merrymeeting Bay Winnega ne Bay and Reid State Park. The booklet highlights golf at Bath Country Club and Sebasco Estates, parks, beaches, and local attractions with photos by local residents. Distribution plans are being shaped to reach advertisers and spread interest to out of state readers.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Augusta
Winneganee Bay
Bath
Bath Country Club
Sebasco Estates
City Recreation Commission
Reid State Park
State Park Commission
Georgetown
Clarence H. White
Bob Allen
Herbert Douglas
Austin Morse
Kirk Roberts
Arthur Warner
Walt Gaudet
Robert Hamblett
Nora Smart
Joseph Parkyn
Ernest Silva
Bath Chamber of Commerce
H. P. Small
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Hospital League Plans Fair Booth and Sale
Junior Hospital League met at Mrs M Dean Shaw's home. They announced a white elephant booth for the hospital fair and postponed the cooked food sale to Oct 7 at Wilson's Drug Store starting 1 pm. Members listedinclude Mrs Harry Day Mrs Leslie Shumway Mrs Carl Dearborn Mrs George Cary Mrs Theodore Bertocci Mrs George Barker Mrs Roger Luke Mrs Leon Buck Mrs William Niss and Miss Eleanor Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Dean Shaw
Hospital Fair
Wilson's Drug Store
Harry L. Day
Leslie C. Shumway
Carl R. Dearborn
George R. Cary
S. Theodore’ Bertocci
George Barker
Roger—Mluke
Leon E. Buck
William A. Niss
Eleanor Wilson
Britain’s First Adhesive Stamp Issued in 1840
The 1840 issue featured a portrait of Queen Victoria and marked the start of adhesive postage stamps in Britain, revolutionizing mail.
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Great Britain
Victoria
Eighteen Attend Stock Shower and Local Events in Georgetown
Eighteen members gathered at Mrs. Stanley Lewis’s home for a stock shower honoring Mrs. James Oliver. The Working League debated church and parsonage painting, approved repairs, and formed a materials committee. Various locals visited, traveled, or hosted guests, including transfers between Summer and Winter post sites, meals at Rich ards library, Swiss weaving lessons, and multiple visits to families in Robinhood, Bath, and Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Stanley Lewis
James Oliver
Robert Graffam
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
John R. Blackie
Cleves Henderson
Ralph Davis
Belle Heald
Roland Peterson
William Todd
Alfred Rowe
Melvin Cunningham
Earle Hagan
Nettie Gray
Joseph F. Higgins
Robinhood
Peterson
Farm Bureau
Richards Library
Hawthorn
L. T. Wright
Woolwich
Nantucket Social Roundup Notes From Local Visits
Nantucket residents and visitors fill a weekend with travel and gatherings. Mrs Lynch’s husband teaches at MIT. J Willebeek Le Mair and family hosted tea at Seguinland after visiting Philadelphia. The Moultons of Augusta and the Beanes of Melrose also spent time here. Local fishing trips and shingling work were reported along with several day visits by residents from Bath and Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Lynch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Willebeek LeMair
Seguinland
J. A. van Hearn
LeMairs
Philadelphia
Parker Moulton
Augusta
West Georgetown
Allen Bean
Harry Morin
Bath
Lincoln Walton
Ralph
Brian Davis
Walton
Temperance Union Meet Considers White Ribbon Drive
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church with President Mrs. Theresa Hill presiding. Mary Pratt led a White Ribbon enrollment for preschool children, presenting each child a picture book, and reading "That Little Chap Who Follows Me" among other items. The group voted to donate to Memorial hospital and discussed the Diamond Jubilee Convention at Pleasant Street Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Theresa Hill
America
Laura Harrington
Mary Pratt
Kelly Hill
William Hill
William Hill, Jr
Jane Thayer
Lawrence Thayer
Susan Louise Bailey
Stewart Bailey
Clinton Carter
Floyd Carter
Pratt
Frances Pearson
Lila Place
Charles Sims
Pleasant Street Methodist Church
Waterville
Deborah Downs
Sims
IOTA SIGMA Iota Sigma Chapter Elects New Officers
The Iota Sigma chapter met at Mrs. Rosamond McGuiggan’s home. Two new members Mrs. Marion Wrigley and Mrs. Barbara Brown joined. Officers elected: President Mrs. Marjorie Stevens, Vice President Mrs. Barbara Brown, Treasurer Mrs. Lucy Cutting, Recording Secretary Mrs. Ruth Merkel, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Rosamond McGriggan. Meeting plans set for year. next meeting Sept 27 at Mrs. Lucy Cutting’s home with a weenie roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iota Sigma
Rosamond McGuiggan
Middle Street
Marion Wrigley
Barbara Brown
Margaret Hanscom
Marjorie Stevens
Lucy Cutting
Ruth Merkel
Rosamond McGriggan
Stevens
Dromore
Five Islands Community News Circles Opening Season
Five Islands Good Neighbor club opens its season at Mrs. Victor Pinkham's home. Library gains donations from Sanford Lowell Hasenfus Betts and Knights. New books include The Greatest Story Ever Told and Buffalo Bill's Adopted Son. Local art and social events feature Rebecca Ellsworth Reynolds and a stork shower for Mrs. James Oliver. Community projects include Herbert Campbell Memorial square grading and church activities.
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Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
Richard Sanford
Lowell
Mass
Nat Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Marcena Betts
Newton
Leona Knights
Waterbury
John Gould
Ruth Livingston Hill
Grace Livington Hill
Five Islands
Ellsworth Reynolds
Jacob and
Minnnié Lewis
Oliver
Georgetown
Robert Graffam
Robert Blackie
Cleaves Henderson
Belle Heald
Joseph Higgins
Harry Heald
William Todd
Howard Trafton
Nettie Gray
Earle Hagan
P. B. Savage & Co
Library Hall
Woodrow Gray
Russell Pinkham
William Marr
Henderrson
Herbert Whitelock
Brunswick Berean Baptist Church
Whitelock
Lincoln-Sagadahoe Counties
Boothbay Harbor
Stinson Davis
Orville Rowe
Lincoln Campbell
Maynard Thibodeau
Cochrane
Myricks
Arthur
Frank Dolan
Cambridge
Walter Davis
Farber Davis
Boston
Mary Stevens
Roy Clark
Seguinland
Branwell Harford
Roy MacDougall
George
Antville
Ava Scotia
Vera Kinsman
Plymouth
James Kinsman
Needham
Lester Lewis
Robert Moore
Fenton Moore, Jr
U. S
Winter Street Scouts Elect Patrol Officers
Winter Street Boy Scout Troop 55 elected new officers including Robert E Colley as patrol leader and Graeme Hansen as assistant patrol leader. Seventeen members hiked to David Henderson's farm in North Bath. Irv ing P Davis and George J Langbehn led Moose and Flying Eagle patrols. No meeting this week. next assembled Monday Oct 3 for inspection amid a surplus of parish applicants.
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Boy Scout
Robert E Colley
Graeme Hansen
Robert P. Shaw
The
Explorer Patrol
Stewart P McAllister
Glenn M. Carter
Moose Patrol
Irving P. Davis
George J. Langbehn
Flying Eagle Patrol
Robert E. Haggett
Martin Turpie
Phippsburg Center Store Break-In Reported
Walter J. Snipe’s grocery and general store at Phippsburg Center was broken into between 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday. Thieves used a chisel to enter, scattered stock, damaged the cash register and safe, and stole about $100 plus $40 saved, a church donation jar, cigarettes, tobacco, candy, batteries, flashlights, and account slips. Loss estimated over $300 with no insurance.
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Walter J. Snipe
Phippsburg Center
Snipe
Times
Obituary: George L. Burnham 80 Bath native dies at daughter's home
George L. Burnham aged 80 died Saturday at his daughter Blanche Huff's home in Bath. Born July 22, 1869 in Bath, he was the son of James and Sarah Burnham and is survived by two sons Irving and George, four daughters including Blanche Huff and three brothers, two sisters, 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mayor's Funeral Residence with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating, burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Burnham
Blanche L. Huff
Court Street
Bath
James
Sarah Stilphen Burnham
Irving
West Bath
George
Blanche Huff
Robert Belgrade
Gardiner
Clarence Burnham
Woolwich
Ralph Morrell
Harry Burnham
Bangor
Edward and
Alphonso
Horace Lovejoy
Chester Shepard
Joseph O. Purdue
Oak Grove
Obituary of John M. Loring a Bath native
John M. Loring 80 of 1493 Washington Street died Saturday at Memorial Hospital. Born June 23, 1869 in Bath he was a farmer. Survived by wife Priscilla two sons Milton W. Rutherford New Jersey and John M. Okenagan Washington two daughters Mary E. MacKenzie Abington Massachusetts and Henrietta Sonia Togus eight grandchildren. Funeral was Tuesday at Mayo's Funeral Residence with Rev M A Gordon officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Loring
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
John M
Mary Brown Loring
Bath
Priscilla J. Loring
Milton W
Rutherford
N. J
John M. Okenagan
Wash
Mary E. MacKenzie
Abington
Mass
Henrietta Sonia
Togus
Mayo
M. A. Gordon
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Oak Grove
Nationality act defines US nationals and citizens
The Nationality Act of 1940 defines a national as a person who is a citizen or who owes permanent allegiance to the United States, including residents of Guam or the Philippines. It notes US nationals reside in territories, not citizens. Congressional acts later granted US citizenship to Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guam
Philippines
United States Dependencies
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Charles M Savage longtime Bath grocery proprietor dies
Charles M Savage 179, former proprietor of a 1312 Washington street grocery, died last week at his Pejepscot home. Born in West Gardiner in 1870, he sold his Bath business in 1945 and moved with wife Emma to Pejepscot. Survived by wife and son Charles E Savage, funeral held at Pomeroy in Gardiner with burial in Maple Grove Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Savage
Washington Street
Pejepscot
West Gardiner
Willis E
Minnie Stevens Savage
Bath
Chelsea Grange
Emma Savage
Charles E. Savage
Pomeroy
Gardiner
Earl Hubbard
Randolph Methodist Church
Maple Grove
Randolph
Myron B. Eastman Dies at 55 at Memorial Hospital
Myron B. Eastman 55 died suddenly at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. A Bath Iron Works guard, he lived at 69 Denny Road and was born in Fort Fairfield on March 20 1894. He is survived by wife Louise Eseley Eastman and two sisters Leila Brown of Portland and another in California. Private funeral at 10 30 Wednesday from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron B. Eastman
Memorial Hospital
Bath Iron Works Corp
Denny Road
Fort Fairfield
Hubert Eastman
Louise Eseley Eastman
Leila Brown
Portland
California
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Funeral for Mrs. Iva Lewis Held at Mayo's
The funeral of Mrs. Iva Lewis was held at 2pm Saturday from Mayo's Funeral Residence with Rev. Curtis L. Stanley officiating. Bearers were Richard Frates, Charles Thayer, Lawrence Sprague, and David Desmond. Burial followed in Pine Knoll cemetery, Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Lewis
Mayo
Curtis L. Stanley
Nazarene Church
Richard Frates
Charles Thayer
Lawrence Sprague
David Desmond
Pine Knoll Cemetery
Newcastle
Myron B Eastman Funeral Held at Mayo Residence
Private funeral for Myron B Eastman held Wednesday at 10:30 from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Bearers were Arthur Eseley Eugene G Hart Nicholas Michalos and Walter Morse. Burial was in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron B. Eastman
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Arthur Eseley
Eugene G. Hart
Nicholas Michalos
Walter Morse
Oak Grove
Funeral for John M. Loring Held at Mayo & Son
Funeral for John M. Loring was held Tuesday afternoon at two from A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High street. Rev. M A Gordon of Beach Street Methodist church officiated bearers were Joseph Oliver Thomas Ryan Clarence Atwood Douglas Reil Harry Plummer and David Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Loring
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
M. A. Gordon
Beach Street
Funeral service held for George L. Burnham at Bath
Funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon at the A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence for George L. Burnham with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. Bearers included Irving, Lawrence, Woodbury and Burnham relatives. Sgt. John L. Johnson, U S Air Force, on 30 day leave from the Aleutians to visit his parents at 24 Andrews Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Burnham
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Irving Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
Donald Huff
Robert Burnham
Woodbury Burnham
John L. Johnson
U. S. Air Force
Aleutians
Bath
Homer B. Johnson
Andrews Road
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